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27 <h1>Release Notes for Grml 2014.10-rc1 - codename <a
28 href="/faq/#releasename">Gschistigschasti</a></h1>
30 <p><a href="http://grml.org/download/prerelease/">Download Now</a></p>
34 <p>This Grml release provides fresh software packages from Debian
35 testing (AKA jessie). As usual it also incorporates up2date hardware
36 support and fixes known bugs from the previous Grml
43 <li><a href="/grml2usb/">grml2usb</a>: improved check for bootflag, new option --skip-bootflag and Python3 support
45 <li>grml-quickconfig: display IP and password if ssh boot option is used
47 <li>grml-lang: support language settings for Italy
49 <li>grml-hwinfo: support i2c-tools's decode-dimms, edac-utils and mcelog
51 <li><a href="/zsh/">grml-zshrc</a>:
54 <li>rework and unify $PATH handling
55 <li>several improvements in battery information/reporting (incl. support for FreeBSD + OpenBSD)
56 <li>extend dchange() to support apt-get and multiple package names
61 <li><a href="/grml-debootstrap/">grml-debootstrap</a>:
64 <li>Adjust locale handling (LANG/LANGUAGE) to match with Debian wheezy defaults
65 <li>Initial packer/vagrant/autotest setup
66 <li>New option --vm to install VMs into LVs and such
67 <li>New option --defaultinterfaces to install default /etc/network/interfaces
68 <li>Set up default /etc/network/interfaces with dhcp for eth0 in VM use case
69 <li>Copy /etc/network/interfaces from host system, unless --nointerfaces is used or target is a VM
70 <li>Support --nokernel option to skip installation of default kernel images
71 <li>Support execution of --grub when installing to target directory
72 <li>Switch default filesystem from ext3 to ext4
73 <li>Provide --debug option for very verbose execution
81 <h3>Important Changes</h3>
90 <h3>Bits & bolts</h3>
93 <li>Linux kernel is based on <b>3.16.2</b>.</li>
94 <li>Fixed several bugs from the <a href="http://bts.grml.org/grml/">bug tracking system</a>.</li>
99 <p>Details about shipped packages and their versions on Grml are
100 available in the <a href="/files/#debian">Debian section</a>. Visit
101 <a href="/files/grml64-full_2014.10/dpkg.list">dpkg_list</a> for a
102 detailed list of packages shipped with Grml 2014.10(-rc1).</p>
106 <p>Packages are taken from Debian testing, 7th of October
107 2014. 11 packages have been removed, and these 22 new packages
108 have been added (plus dependencies, excluding lib* and kernel image):</p>
111 augeas-tools cpp-4.9 debconf-utils dmeventd firmware-zd1211
112 gcc-4.9-base glib-networking glib-networking-common
113 glib-networking-services gsettings-desktop-schemas hiera init
114 iperf isolinux pxelinux python-parted python-six python3.4
115 python3.4-minimal ruby2.1 rubygems-integration startpar
118 <p>These Debian packages have been removed/replaced (excluding lib* and kernel image):</p>
121 acpi-fakekey cpp-4.8 gptsync lio-utils module-init-tools
122 python3.3 python3.3-minimal qemu-keymaps ruby1.9.1
123 xulrunner-24.0 zd1211-firmware
126 <h3>Known issues</h3>
130 <li>No known issues so far.</li>
134 <h3>Download Grml 2014.10-rc1</h3>
136 <p>Grml 2014.10-rc1 can be downloaded from
137 <a href="http://grml.org/download/prerelease/">grml.org/download/prerelease/</a>.</p>
141 <p>Your comments, bug reports, patches, and suggestions will help
142 fixing bugs and improving future releases. If you find a problem with
143 the release please check <a
144 href="/bugs/known/">the known bugs list</a> and report problems using information on <a
145 href="/bugs/">grml.org/bugs/</a>. Please send your feedback and
146 feature requests <a href="/contact/">to the Grml team</a>!</p>
148 <a name="thanks"></a>
151 <p>Many thanks in this release go to (alphabetically)
153 Christian Hofstaedtler,
166 Patrick Schleizer and
168 for their contributions.</p>
170 <h3>More Information</h3>
172 <p>You can find out more about Grml on <a href="/">our website</a>, <a
173 href="/contact/#irc">IRC channel</a>, and <a
174 href="http://wiki.grml.org/">wiki</a>.
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